期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 16, 期 4, 页码 7976-7994出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms16047976
关键词
myostatin; RNA-sequencing; transgenic mice; muscle hypertrophy
资金
- NSFC Outstanding Youth grant [31025026]
- priority area project of Ministry of Education [20130146130001]
- Guangdong Science and Technology Project [2011A020102003]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2013PY050]
- Alan M Krassner and Ingeborg v. F. McKee Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation [13P-60310]
- USDA-NIFA
Myostatin (MSTN), a member of the transforming growth factor- superfamily, plays a crucial negative role in muscle growth. MSTN mutations or inhibitions can dramatically increase muscle mass in most mammal species. Previously, we generated a transgenic mouse model of muscle hypertrophy via the transgenic expression of the MSTN N-terminal propeptide cDNA under the control of the skeletal muscle-specific MLC1 promoter. Here, we compare the mRNA profiles between transgenic mice and wild-type littermate controls with a high-throughput RNA sequencing method. The results show that 132 genes were significantly differentially expressed between transgenic mice and wild-type control mice; 97 of these genes were up-regulated, and 35 genes were down-regulated in the skeletal muscle. Several genes that had not been reported to be involved in muscle hypertrophy were identified, including up-regulated myosin binding protein H (mybph), and zinc metallopeptidase STE24 (Zmpste24). In addition, kyphoscoliosis peptidase (Ky), which plays a vital role in muscle growth, was also up-regulated in the transgenic mice. Interestingly, a pathway analysis based on grouping the differentially expressed genes uncovered that cardiomyopathy-related pathways and phosphatidic acid (PA) pathways (Dgki, Dgkz, Plcd4) were up-regulated. Increased PA signaling may increase mTOR signaling, resulting in skeletal muscle growth. The findings of the RNA sequencing analysis help to understand the molecular mechanisms of muscle hypertrophy caused by MSTN inhibition.
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